Under the moonlight, a person walked slowly. It was indeed Liao Cheng, but he was alone; Tian Gou was not there.
"Only Liao Cheng is there. Where is Tian Gou? Could he be hiding?" someone asked in a low voice.
Lu Qing frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Let's wait and see!"
After completing the investigation in the afternoon, Lu Qing shared the situation with Gu Xicheng and Jian Ming.
They all guessed that this might be Liao Cheng's scheme to lure everyone to Da'an Mountain, making it easier for the Heavenly Dog to devour the moon.
After the celestial dog devours the moon, its power will greatly increase. If it succeeds, it will have enough power to lead Liao Cheng through the city's defenses and escape to all corners of the country. At that time, it will not be so easy to catch it.
Lu Qing followed Liao Cheng all the way to the highest point of the mountain.
Liao Cheng found a rock, sat down, and did nothing but stay there quietly.
His actions made Lu Qing even more convinced that this was a feint.
Lu Qing sent a message to Gu Xicheng and Jian Ming:
【We can begin!】
Upon receiving the news, Gu Xicheng and Jian Ming immediately made a show of leading their men to Da'an Mountain to provide support, but they were just going through the motions and ended up back where they started.
Meanwhile, Lu Qing's men quickly left Da'an Mountain to provide support as Gu Xicheng and Jian Ming began their operation.
Only Lu Qing remained to stabilize Liao Cheng.
Lu Qing slowly approached Liao Cheng from behind and said coldly:
"Liao Cheng, surrender!"
Liao Cheng, upon hearing Lu Qing's voice, not only did not panic, but instead smiled slightly:
Let me tell you a story!
“Alright! Go ahead and tell me!” Lu Qing sat down on the spot.
"Once upon a time, there was a little boy. Although his parents were not very rich, they loved each other very much and the little boy was very happy."
One day, the boy's father found a dog on the roadside that was on the verge of death. The dog was very beautiful, but it was injured and had lost all its teeth.
Knowing that the little boy liked dogs, the father took it home, healed its wounds, and gave it to the little boy as a gift.
So the dog became a new family member. It accompanied the boy as he grew up and became his best friend. The little boy thought he would always be happy like this, but that wasn't the case.
That day, my father and mother returned from the hospital. They were very unhappy because my father was sick, with a disease that he felt ashamed of.
At first, his mother was able to patiently comfort him, but as his father's temper worsened, the two began to argue.
The mother didn't want to see the father become despondent, but the father felt that his wife was disgusted with him and even repeatedly doubted his wife's loyalty.
The boy was terrified. He would hug the dog and cry every day. The dog was very smart. Whenever his father got drunk and hit his mother, the dog would stand in front of her to protect her.
One day, the dog suddenly turned into a human, which startled the boy and his mother. Only then did they realize that the dog was called a Tengu, a monster, but they were not afraid.
The mother treated him like her own child and even bought him clothes, but she asked him not to transform into a human in front of other people, especially the boy's father.
But the boy's father still saw it. He didn't know it was a celestial dog in human form and thought his wife had cheated on him.
So, one day when neither the boy nor the tengu were home, he murdered his wife. When the boy and the tengu returned, they found only their mother's cold body.
The boy's father was arrested but only sentenced to three years, but the hatred in the boy's heart did not disappear after his sentence ended. So, he used the excuse of taking his father to a sauna to kill him in the sauna room.
After Liao Cheng finished speaking, Lu Qing finally asked:
Why was that dog tooth left at the scene?
Liao Cheng: "Tiangou said that Liao Yangping fixed its tooth, and since it didn't want it anymore, it returned it to him."
Lu Qing nodded slightly: "I think I understand. So where is the Heavenly Dog now? Is it at Xiazi Ridge or Xuanwu Pagoda?"
Liao Cheng curled the corners of his lips and smiled, "Neither."
Could it be here?
Just as Lu Qing finished speaking, it was already midnight, and a dog barked from afar.
She raised an eyebrow and smiled:
"A scheme within a scheme, you two, man and dog, have truly mastered the Art of War!"
Liao Cheng: "You think you've figured out our plan and sent all our men over to capture the Tengu, but little do you know, this is exactly what I wanted!"
As the celestial dog slowly approached, Lu Qing calmly stretched his joints:
"So what if I fell for your trick? Didn't anyone tell you that in the face of absolute power, all schemes and tricks are nothing but empty words!"
A hint of wariness flashed in Liao Cheng's eyes. He had thought that Lu Qing was the only one left and would be easy to deal with, but now it seemed that was not the case.
"Are you coming one by one or all at once?" Lu Qing asked dismissively.
Liao Cheng launched the first attack. Evil energy erupted within him, granting him superhuman strength. With a single palm strike, the stone instantly turned to dust.
But the next second, the Nine Nether Lotus Fire surrounded him.
"Little brat, you're not qualified to lay a hand on me. Just stand aside and watch!"
Lu Qing finished speaking with a smile, picked up a twig from the side, and then beckoned to the Tengu with his finger:
"Little puppy, come here!"
"Woof!"
The tengu barked loudly and then pounced on Lu Qing.
Lu Qing immediately dodged and at the same time gave Tian Gou a hard slap on the butt.
Enraged, the tengu's fur stood on end, and it glared angrily at Lu Qing, baring its teeth.
Lu Qing formed a hand seal: "Thunder from the Nine Heavens, aid me in subduing the demon! Go!"
With a sharp shout, a dark cloud drifted in from the sky, and a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm struck down fiercely.
The tengu dodged left and right, but was still struck by the blade in the end.
Lightning struck its entire body, the tingling pain almost making it unable to stand, and its fur was charred black.
"Little puppy, I haven't even used my full strength yet. Are you sure you still want to fight me?" Lu Qing asked with a smile.
The tengu gritted his teeth, stood up straight, and roared angrily:
"I will never let you take Liao Cheng away!"
Lu Qing: "Actually, I didn't want to capture him, but I had to remove the evil energy in his body. You should understand that it's not a good thing. If it weren't for it, Liao Cheng might not have killed Liao Yangping."
"Don't try to fool me!" Tiangou clearly didn't believe Lu Qing's words:
"Liao Cheng killed someone. According to your human laws, you would definitely arrest him, imprison him, or even sentence him to death!"
"I'm taking him away today, and no one can stop me!"
Just as the celestial dog was about to pounce, Lu Qing quickly said:
"Wait a moment!"
"You can't beat me anyway. If you keep fighting, all I'll do is kill you and then arrest Liao Cheng. Why bother?"
"Even if I can't beat you, I'll drag you down with me. Once you're dead, the evil energy will take Liao Cheng away!"
After saying that, the Tengu roared to the sky and then began to frantically absorb the power of the moonlight.
As the moonlight was absorbed, the surroundings suddenly darkened, and the moon appeared to have a hole in it, as if it had been bitten.
The tengu's body grew larger and larger, like an inflating balloon, and as time went on, it was on the verge of exploding.
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